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LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS

BY HIS ACTIONS AFTER HIS WIFE DIED IN 1898 AFTER BEARING HIM 6 CHILDREN, WILLIAM JACKSON SMART INSPIRED THIS ANNUAL EVENT

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